tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post1690503033270967560..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.793-05:00Comments on The Grumpy Economist: The cost of crying wolf John H. Cochranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842601651429471525noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-56300299122540255832022-02-14T23:26:52.361-06:002022-02-14T23:26:52.361-06:00More specifically, survivorship bias. A reoccurrin...More specifically, survivorship bias. A reoccurring issue in the mutual fund performance literature. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-83845344747572537562022-02-05T09:27:41.993-06:002022-02-05T09:27:41.993-06:00Aye, Aye!Aye, Aye!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841243780009766428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-41015102451095441052022-02-05T04:52:37.186-06:002022-02-05T04:52:37.186-06:00niceniceThe True Indianshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14635649347621197159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-79873496487940151932022-02-01T19:13:34.852-06:002022-02-01T19:13:34.852-06:00Brilliant! "You NEVER sacrifice personal libe...Brilliant! "You NEVER sacrifice personal liberty and freedom for the collective good" If Australians understood this point, life here would be a whole lot more bearable.cmillarjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219261716687006138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-69291317197737237082022-01-31T12:28:48.515-06:002022-01-31T12:28:48.515-06:00I agree. Whether they like it or not, all "e...I agree. Whether they like it or not, all "experts" are part of a meta-guild of "experts". Their credibility is held jointly. If they had a code of ethics, one of the rules would be "Nothing false". Anyone in any field who undermines trust does so across the board. It's not fair or logical; it's the way people respond.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803562794324695224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-44601218315951232952022-01-30T11:14:44.394-06:002022-01-30T11:14:44.394-06:00"How did this vaccine go from inception to in..."How did this vaccine go from inception to injection in under a year??"<br /><br />For the same reason that the United States was able to go from virtually nothing to building 60,000 aircraft per year and large numbers of aircraft carriers after WWII started. The United States (and the world generally) has enormous intellectual, financial and industrial resources available to apply to an urgent problem. Absalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131268683451462949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-83315844835383778782022-01-30T11:11:26.413-06:002022-01-30T11:11:26.413-06:00"However, and this cannot be underscored enou..."However, and this cannot be underscored enough, natural immunity can only obtained through actually contracting the virus, which may lead to serious illness, hospitalization or death."<br /><br />Oh look - its our old friend selection bias. Absalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131268683451462949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-29401502557011965792022-01-30T00:18:03.756-06:002022-01-30T00:18:03.756-06:00Common good —- interesting. Whose common good? Yo...Common good —- interesting. Whose common good? You NEVER sacrifice personal liberty and freedom for the collective good —- that is the mantra of communism. <br /><br />I will not take this vaccine and not because I’m an anti-vaxxer. By the designers’ own admission, it’s not a vaccine. Vaccines PREVENT acquisition of said disease. This SHOT guarantees nothing, except a less severe case of a disease with over a 99% survival rate. Also, numerous scientific reports show that 4 times as many spores were present in vaccinated people. <br /><br />Here is the foundational problem of lying and misleading humans: in order to maintain your illusion you have to censor all opposition or vilify any expert whose data contradicts your lie <br /><br />Another problem with dishonesty is that once your illusion in shown to be fiction you have two options: come clean or continue the narrative. World leaders, both medical and political, opted for the latter. Problem: the veil has been lifted. <br /><br />Too many reports, from over 149 countries including the US, show the VACCINATED ARE DYING AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE UNVACCINATED. Healthy young men dying of Myocarditis, women delivering stillborn children or miscarrying, extremely fit professional athletes dying of cardiac arrests —/ all after vaccination. These are not isolated nor unrelated. If we are saying science is driving the vaccine, then why aren’t these side effects from a “safe” vaccine being widely reported and investigated? None of the MSM has reported on this —- their job is to continue the narrative and they have the majority of the population as their viewing audience. <br /><br />All this aside, I find your rationale both disconcerting and cruel at best, and manipulative and hateful at its worse. If you research behaviors associated with Hitler’s brown shirts, you will find you share much of the bravado that made them a lethal medicine to Nazi opponents, and ultimately to the great nation of Germany. Their goal was also the COMMON GOOD of German people. Their tactics: first, propaganda. Next, coercion. Then, intimidation. Then, violence. Then, use of fellow Germans to isolate and betray their fellow man, and finally, death to any opposition. <br /><br />Forcing compliance for Common Good, however pure your paint your motives, eventually eradicates freedom and liberty for your opposition, and ultimately—- you. Libertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009793997905887613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-18445605993685092712022-01-29T22:46:54.830-06:002022-01-29T22:46:54.830-06:00Thierry are six questions I have asked since the v...Thierry are six questions I have asked since the vaccine “push” began:<br /><br />1) Vaccine development and approval is a 7-10 year project —- based on all previous vaccines. How did this vaccine go from inception to injection in under a year??<br /><br />2) THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY— SCIENCE —- has always said natural immunity is the best. Yet before they,d even isolated the COVID 19 germ or developed a VALID, ACCURATE test, these “experts” were saying a vaccine was better than natural immunity. When did our immune systems stop doing their designated job of producing antibodies to disease? <br /><br />3) I’ve never had vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough because many “boomers” had these diseases. only children that hadn’t had the disease received the vaccination and then 99.9% of them never got the disease and didn’t need a “booster” to maintain the immunity the vaccine provided. The COVID vaccine doesn’t prevent the disease. How can it be called a vaccine if it doesn’t prevent the disease it’s targeting?<br /><br />4) EVERY SARS VACCINE trial ended at ferret trials (COVID is. SARS variant.). A ferret’s immune system is most similar to a human’s. There were two side effects as each vaccine went through these trials: death and immune system response disorder, which usually resulted in death from another infection due to a compromised immune system. Why were ferret trials skipped and this vaccine rushed to humans?<br /><br />5) Once 10 deaths are tied to a vaccine it is pulled. Over 250 professional athletes have DIED from cardiovascular episodes shortly after receiving their vaccine. The information is out there. We’ve lost over 100 boys under age 17 with myocarditis—- 100 young men —- dead —- who are not even high risk. Hundreds of women have miscarried or their children were stillborn. All of them vaccinated. Why are these vaccines still being administered? <br /><br />6) Whole populations, in this case, the world, have never been expected to be guinea pigs for experimental products, ie vaccines. Why is the world’s population being used as “ferrets” to test this experimental vaccine? <br /><br />And a final question, why did the Emergency Covid Act excuse Big Pharma from any financial responsibility due to injury or death from their products???<br /><br />Food for thought: these three Pharmaceutical Giants are expected to net trillions of dollars from their “vaccines”. Which begs one more question: Why would any government allow experimentation on their citizens, remove all liability from producer of said product, unless there was something for them?<br /><br />I’ve always believed you follow the money. If you think logically about the last two years and the lies and misinformation, a conclusion is very easy to draw. YOU CANT CLAIM SCIENCE IS YOUR IMPETUS FOR DECISIONS WHEN YOU DISPARAGE SCIENCE THAT PROVES YOUR HYPOTHESIS WAS WRONG AT ITS FOUNDATION AND CONTINUE TO MISINFORM THE PUBLIC WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF SOMETHING AT THE BACKSIDE OF THE CIRCUS OF FEAR YOU SET INTO MOTION. Libertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009793997905887613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-12941040272796486332022-01-29T16:28:35.482-06:002022-01-29T16:28:35.482-06:00Sure, if sweet reason would work that is preferabl...Sure, if sweet reason would work that is preferable. If appeals to the common good would work, that would be preferable. In my case, I have a couple of young adult children who were vaccine hesitant until the British Columbia government said: "if you want to go to a bar or restaurant then you need to vaccinated"; at which point they got vaccinated. But the aggressive anti-vaxxers who seize on any quibble or nuance and treat it as a complete rebuttal are not susceptible to reason so we are left with: "get vaccinated or stay away from us". <br /><br />We are at a point where soon we will start lifting more restrictions but that is just because the number of unvaccinated has declined to the point where the hospitals and morgues will be able to handle the extra cases. Absalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131268683451462949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-57650316001314121142022-01-29T12:34:35.772-06:002022-01-29T12:34:35.772-06:00Unfortunately, the WSJ article you cite is behind ...Unfortunately, the WSJ article you cite is behind a paywall, but that's OK as I stopped reading their OpEds long ago.<br /><br />I suspect the CDC research they refer to is dated 1/19/22 and be reached at: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7104e1.htm.<br /><br />Several thoughts struck me as I read the summary of findings on this study: 1) we knew nothing about Covid 19 and how to treat it when it first appeared. 2) our understanding of Covid 19, how it affects people and how to treat it, has constantly evolved since, especially as new variants have emerged, and 3) numerous mistakes by politicians and scientific communities along the way have only made things worse. Two years into the pandemic, its easy to claim that masks and lockdowns haven't made any difference, but that's a position impossible to defend as we simply don't know what the outcome would have been had we not taken these measures.<br /><br />The CDC article cited above does make clear that so-called "natural" immunity may, in fact, be stronger than that conferred through vaccination. However, and this cannot be underscored enough, natural immunity can only obtained through actually contracting the virus, which may lead to serious illness, hospitalization or death. Being vaccinated on the other hand, reduces the likelihood of being infected in the first place and if infected, can reduce the severity and mortality of being infected.<br /><br />The WSJ's article may suggest that natural immunity is better than that conveyed through vaccination, but the CDC's conclusion remains the same: "Initial infection among unvaccinated persons increases risk for serious illness, hospitalization, long-term sequelae, and death.....Thus, vaccination remains the safest and primary strategy to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections, associated complications, and onward transmission."Scott Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956910779812967635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-22755546193439668772022-01-29T11:26:14.452-06:002022-01-29T11:26:14.452-06:00We ARE morons.We ARE morons.DoDealshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771077157351067426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-50122623060311790232022-01-29T11:03:59.071-06:002022-01-29T11:03:59.071-06:00I am fully-vaccinated and boostered based on my pe...I am fully-vaccinated and boostered based on my personal situation and risk assessment. I consider the broad resistance to all vaccines a tragedy but it should be obvious that shame, insults and coercion build resentment and make the problem of vaccine resistance worse. Jerry Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507837121215173904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-14919187156138358992022-01-29T11:01:04.021-06:002022-01-29T11:01:04.021-06:00Why do so many Americans believe crazy things? May...<i> Why do so many Americans believe crazy things? Maybe not "crazy," but beliefs that wildly get wrong factual costs and benefits, such as those of vaccines? <br /><br />It does not help that they have been lied to, over and over again. Why should they believe anything now? Our elites, and in particular our public health bureaucrats, though invoking the holy name of "science," have been trying to massage public psychology via deliberate obfuscation for a few years now. There is little science of managing public psychology, and if there is, epidemiologists don't have it. There is some good ancient wisdom, as codified in the story of the boy who cried wolf. We do know that when lies are exposed, when elites are shown to be disparaging and trying to manipulate average people, trust erodes.</i><br /><br />Anxieties regarding the "management" of the public has been around a good long time. Plato's <i> The Republic </i> is a lamentation about the end of idealism. His position that the philosophers (the elite) should run the city-state was rooted in a severe mistrust of the public. Machiavelli "modernized" his position and it became about how to manipulate the public as so to prevent instability/chaos.<br /><br />Point is, there has been a long history of distrust of the public, for it's the belief that they cannot manage their affairs properly, and thus, it needs to be chosen for them. Remember that "The Prince" was rewritten by Hobbes in "The Leviathan," and Locke would later rewrite it for his cultural epoch during the Rationalist Enlightenment, which heavily influenced the Founding Fathers. Even Jefferson had a severe mistrust of the public.<br /><br />This is nothing new, but it wrestles with the problem that in the end, people just don't like being told what to do. Freedom only exists in a confined, pre-determined structure. Michel Foucault's "Madness and Civilization" isn't really about mental health: it's about how society has a built in immune system to remove and isolate those that do not fit into recognizable society or refuse to adhere to "established norms."<br /><br />I suppose this goes to the idea of "useful myths." The problem arises when the veil is pierced and there's a swamp of contradictory data and opinions lurking beneath. Mykel G. Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128735421035292909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-58420827349092882312022-01-29T07:58:51.097-06:002022-01-29T07:58:51.097-06:00Inflation!
Why isn't anyone listening?Inflation!<br /><br />Why isn't anyone listening? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-22326454985520483032022-01-29T05:53:09.535-06:002022-01-29T05:53:09.535-06:00It is the vaxxed who are ending up in the hospital...It is the vaxxed who are ending up in the hospitals sick and dying from COVID<br /><br />https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/new-big-data-study-of-145-countries - New big data study of 145 countries show COVID vaccines makes things worse (cases and deaths). The study found that the COVID vaccines cause more COVID cases per million (+38% in US) and more deaths per million associated with COVID (+31% in US).<br /><br />There are over 213 million people in Nigeria but less than 3,200 COVID deaths. Could the Nigerians have a low death rate (.0001) from COVID because they take hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) daily to prevent malaria? Could therapeutics/medications (combination of ivermectin, Fluvoxamine, and Methylprednisolone along with HCQ/Quercetin, zinc, vitamin D3 and C, as well as monoclonal antibodies) be the answer to treating/curing COVID?<br /><br />No one needs to die from COVID if we use medications and therapeutics like the ones listed above for prevention and early treatment, and if we encourage people to keep their weight in check, exercise, eat and sleep well.<br /><br />Why have we lost our collective minds and constitutional rights over a virus that has a 99% plus survival rate for those under age 70? Why would anyone require proof of vaccination when the vaccines do not prevent the vaccinated from getting and/or spreading COVID or from getting seriously ill and/or dying from COVID? Why mandate ineffective vaccines when there are highly effective therapeutics/medications (Ivermectin, nitazoxanide, proxalutamide, Fluvoxamine, azithromycin, Methylprednisolone, spironolactone, dutasteride, vitamin D3, vitamin C, Quercetin/HCQ, and zinc) as well as Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody therapy to treat COVID and prevent serious illness, hospitalization, and/or death.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-32273460399636306752022-01-29T05:45:38.739-06:002022-01-29T05:45:38.739-06:00Our hospitals would not have to treat anyone with ...Our hospitals would not have to treat anyone with COVID, whether vaxxed or not, if the medical community would emphasize early treatment with therapeutics/medications (Ivermectin, nitazoxanide, proxalutamide, Fluvoxamine, azithromycin, Methylprednisolone, spironolactone, dutasteride, vitamin D3, vitamin C, Quercetin/HCQ, and zinc) as well as Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody therapy to treat COVID and prevent serious illness, hospitalization, and/or death.<br /><br />Why have we lost our collective minds and constitutional rights over a virus that has a 99% plus survival rate for those under age 70? Why would anyone require proof of vaccination when the vaccines do not prevent the vaccinated from getting and/or spreading COVID or from getting seriously ill and/or dying from COVID? <br /><br />https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/new-big-data-study-of-145-countries - New big data study of 145 countries show COVID vaccines makes things worse (cases and deaths). The study found that the COVID vaccines cause more COVID cases per million (+38% in US) and more deaths per million associated with COVID (+31% in US).<br /><br />https://twitter.com/BLNewsMedia/status/1434622637653823494 - fully vaccinated Oscar De La Hoya's comeback fight was delayed by a COVID hospitalization, meanwhile podcaster Joe Rogan, maligned for being unvaccinated, recovers in 3 days with treatments, like Ivermectin, vitamin D3, C, zinc, and monoclonal antibodies.<br /><br />Why mandate ineffective vaccines when there are highly effective therapeutics/medications (Ivermectin, nitazoxanide, proxalutamide, Fluvoxamine, azithromycin, Methylprednisolone, spironolactone, dutasteride, vitamin D3, vitamin C, Quercetin/HCQ, and zinc) as well as Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody therapy to treat COVID and prevent serious illness, hospitalization, and/or death.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-110350841558546602022-01-29T05:31:14.572-06:002022-01-29T05:31:14.572-06:00COVID has a 99% survival rate for those under age ...COVID has a 99% survival rate for those under age 70, and not recognizing natural immunity and early treatment has let to disastrous outcomes and deaths.<br /><br />Drs Ioannidis & Axfors at Stanford - survival rate for COVID <br />Age Infection Survival Rate<br />0-19 99.9973%<br />20-29 99.986%<br />30-39 99.969%<br />40-49 99.918%<br />50-59 99.73%<br />60-69 99.41%<br />70+ 97.6% (non-inst.)<br />70+ 94.5% (all)<br /><br />https://brownstone.org/articles/natural-immunity-and-covid-19-twenty-nine-scientific-studies-to-share-with-employers-health-officials-and-politicians/ - 30 peer reviewed scientific studies showing the protection and longevity of natural immunity<br /><br />If, per Fauci, everyone will get omicron/COVID, regardless of vaccination status, masks, social distancing, etc., then we can abolish all COVID restrictions and stop the vaccine mandates?<br /><br />89% of Covid-19 deaths in the UK are among the fully vaccinated, which proves this is a ‘pandemic of the fully vaccinated’ and suggests the vaccinated are more likely to die. The fully vaxed are the ones filling up hospitals in the US and in other countries.<br /><br />The COVID vaccines do not prevent the vaccinated from getting and/or spreading COVID or from getting seriously ill and/or dying from COVID? Why mandate ineffective vaccines when there are highly effective therapeutics/medications (Ivermectin, nitazoxanide, proxalutamide, Fluvoxamine, azithromycin, Methylprednisolone, spironolactone, dutasteride, vitamin D3, vitamin C, Quercetin/HCQ, and zinc) as well as Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody therapy to treat COVID and prevent serious illness, hospitalization, and/or death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-62781688145724921012022-01-29T05:15:10.911-06:002022-01-29T05:15:10.911-06:00COVID vaccines: The COVID vaccines have killed ten...COVID vaccines: The COVID vaccines have killed tens of thousands of people and injured hundreds of thousands of people (https://openvaers.com/covid-data). More people have died from the COVID vaccines than from all of the other vaccines combined since 1997. And the vaccinated are not protected from getting or spreading COVID or from getting seriously ill and dying from COVID (see Belgium, Israel, UK, Iceland, Ireland, Singapore, Gibralter, etc., all highly vaccinated countries), so what is he point of the vaccines especially if they weaken our immune systems and make us more likely to have complications and die from COVID?<br /><br />https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/new-big-data-study-of-145-countries - New big data study of 145 countries show COVID vaccines makes things worse (cases and deaths). The study found that the COVID vaccines cause more COVID cases per million (+38% in US) and more deaths per million associated with COVID (+31% in US).<br /><br />https://popularrationalism.substack.com/p/in-the-united-states-vaccination - James Lyons-Weiler recently showed that the US state data shows that the more we vaccinate, the higher the # of COVID cases.<br /><br />https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19843315.covid-scotland-case-rates-lowest-unvaccinated-double-jabbed-elderly-drive-rise-hospital-admissions/ - COVID Scotland: Case rates lowest in unvaccinated as double-jabbed elderly drive rise in hospital admissions.<br /><br />According to Dr. Robert Malone: A statement out of Israel reports a nosocomial outbreak involving 16 healthcare workers, 23 exposed patients and two family members. The source was a fully vaccinated COVID-19 patient. The vaccination rate was 96.2% among all 248 exposed individuals (151 healthcare workers and 97 patients). Out of the 248 people, fourteen fully vaccinated patients became severely ill or died, and two unvaccinated patients developed mild disease<br /><br />Masks: The COVID-19 virus is tiny and most masks are ineffective at stopping the virus because the diameter of coronavirus — is 0.13 microns (a micron is 1,000 times smaller than a millimeter). The best N95 standard mask only filters down to 0.3 microns, therefore the masks are ineffective in stopping transmission of COVID. Wearing a mask is like putting up a chain link fence to stop mosquitos. <br /><br />I think most people know that masks are useless for stopping COVID and masks are harmful for socializing, learning, breathing, peer interaction, and masks are devastating for autistic and deaf children. Masks can also cause bacterial and fungal infections, etc. Even the CDC and former FDA director Scott Gottlieb said masks do not stop coronaviruses.<br /><br />And, according to a study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University (https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n2031), young children showed a 22-point drop in IQ (IQ dropped from 100 to 78 - therefore children went from average intelligence (100 IQ) to retarded (78 IQ). The 22-point drop in IQ in young children is because the masks, lockdowns, and social distancing, etc., cause a lack of stimulation from peers, parents, grandparents, etc.<br /><br />Solution: There are over 213 million people in Nigeria but less than 3,200 COVID deaths. Could the Nigerians have a low death rate (.0001) from COVID because they take hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) daily to prevent malaria? Could therapeutics/medications (combination of ivermectin, Fluvoxamine, and Methylprednisolone along with HCQ/Quercetin, zinc, vitamin D3 and C, as well as monoclonal antibodies) be the answer to treating/curing COVID?<br /><br />No one needs to die from COVID if we use medications and therapeutics like the ones listed above for prevention and early treatment, and if we encourage people to keep their weight in check, exercise, and eat and sleep well.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-23087608860915718012022-01-28T23:46:23.307-06:002022-01-28T23:46:23.307-06:00Adjustment of health insurance premiums is the sen...Adjustment of health insurance premiums is the sensible response in the US, but obviously isn't possible in countries with a public health system, i.e., most of them. In principle, the same thing could be achieved via a surcharge or tax, but this would be administratively cumbersome and of doubtful effectiveness. In such circumstances, some kind of quantity rationing in health may be the only feasible response. Far from 'inhuman', that would seem to be a far kinder, and more directly consequential, policy than depriving people of their careers, social circles, and ability to access all kinds of services. Cokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02631288439451432057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-51800351471772390632022-01-28T20:55:04.296-06:002022-01-28T20:55:04.296-06:00It is my understanding that vaccines reduce your o...It is my understanding that vaccines reduce your odds of infection and also reduce the amount of time that you are infectious. Also, they do both of these reductions better if you get 2 doses rather than 1 one. Also, better if you get 3 doses rather than 2.<br /><br />The public discourse is too often in boolean statements when probabilities statements would be more accurate. This certainly undermines the trust of the public.Randall Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799701035060061748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-80615498114431598632022-01-28T18:42:11.399-06:002022-01-28T18:42:11.399-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Old Eagle Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270080708077871311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-23108793708145400262022-01-28T16:34:52.514-06:002022-01-28T16:34:52.514-06:00Another egregious example is the Proximal Origins ...Another egregious example is the Proximal Origins paper in Nature Communications in which several prominent virologists argued that “we do not believe that any type of laboratory based scenario is plausible,” even though FOIAed emails reveal that several of them had privately expressed the view that a natural original was unlikely only days before writing the paper: eg Garry said “I just can’t figure out how this [gain of function] gets accomplished in nature.” Fauci was in on those emails. The Proximal Origins paper apepars to have been written under pressure from Fauci and Collins. The 11 January letter from the Oversight Committee has details. <br /><br />We’ll start trusting the experts when they start being trustworthy. I won’t be holding my breath: apparently Fauci was on the radio just this week saying a lab leak is very unlikely. It’s really just insane behaviour — they seem to be actively doing their best to destroy trust in science.<br /><br />https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Letter-Re.-Feb-1-Emails-011122.pdfNormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573687140337856397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-67701410770432676992022-01-28T16:17:48.826-06:002022-01-28T16:17:48.826-06:00Oh like the US Naval vessel that was quarantined l...Oh like the US Naval vessel that was quarantined last week? Everyone on board was fully vaccinated but 236 plus crew members came down with the Wuhan.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07930711422907841159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-50829040731185472492022-01-28T16:05:33.495-06:002022-01-28T16:05:33.495-06:00When you have been deluded it's really hard to...When you have been deluded it's really hard to accept reality. Good luck with that.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07930711422907841159noreply@blogger.com